Highlights is an incredibly powerful and useful tool for teachers. In order to get maximal use out of Highlights, we advise administrators apply the following settings in their Google Admin Console, which will improve performance, reduce errors, and limit the possibility of student interference in the tool.

Deploy Highlights Extension

Select appropriate student Organization Unit(s) (OU's) and add the Highlights extension to each. If you have multiple student OU's to which you will add Highlights, you will need to repeat this process for each OU.

Students can also use the Chrome Developer Tools to inspect, break and end processes - including the Highlights extension. Hapara recommends disabling this ability by taking the following steps:

From User Settings, scroll down to the User Experience section.

Under Developer Tools, select Never allow use of built-in developer tools.

By default, Incognito Mode on Chrome loads no extensions, so it can potentially be used to circumvent Highlights. For this reason, Hapara recommends disabling this ability by taking the following steps:

From User Settings, scroll down to the Security section.

Under Incognito Mode, select Disallow Incognito Mode.

A weakness in ChromeVox allows students to access Incognito Mode even if this mode has been disabled. Hapara recommends blocking this weakness by taking the following steps:

From Chrome Management, select the Device Settings section.

Search for "Turn off accessibility settings on sign-in screen upon logout" and enable this setting.